Hitman 2016 prototype & concepts, the game that never was

Pretty much Arrival suit (Outdoor suit) and Winter suit :stuck_out_tongue:

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Jonathan Rowe vice president of art at ā€œSplash Damageā€ posted these old style guides / mood boards of Hitman 2016 and Hitman 2 locations giving us some insights on the artists’ thought processes, and also a good bunch of cut ideas and locations!

Have a good read:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4XyyeW
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/DAmNxo

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Been a while, seems like Jonathan Rowe recently updated the Season 1 post with a new style guide about Colorado (first iteration):

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I’m so glad they dumped this.

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Hopefully this thread will see more replies thanks to the new Hitman: Silent War leak.

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Well there is a new concept art for Paris that I found in the files of the new Alpha posted here but not really anything related to the prototype
since this era seems to have only lasted between 2012-2013 and this build being of January 2015 it is almost the same as the July Alpha, only some level, character and other designs are different between the two (and more Absolution placeholders)

Though the build also contains a briefing video for a side mission in Paris (that we already kind of knew about thanks to Travis) and it showcases a really early version of the map, maybe if we ever get a build from that time we might find more prototype content in that one (:crossed_fingers:)

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I know I’m late, but I just wish we could read the text for the Colorado style guide/concept art…Especially the unique Private Militia seen on the bottom right.

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Ah yeah, it’s difficult to read even when zooming a lot, though there it says:

The whole environment feels like a dangerous place to be
the guards are trained elite soldiers.

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how did you get that picture in such high resolution? same one from Jonathan’s ArtStation is unreadable. if you possess those in HQ, i would be very thankful if you upload them

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Is it just me or Sybille reminds me of Robin Tunney?

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This is awesome, but I’m kinda glad it went the way it did. 47 seems kinda… incompetent lol.

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I edit the url the website gives when you open the fullscreen version :slightly_smiling_face:

it will usually look like that:

_https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/046/464/979/large/jonathan-rowe-hitman-colorado-ver1.jpg?1645179379

changing the ā€œlargeā€ into ā€œ4kā€ gives a higher resolution (sometimes also removing the bit after ā€œ.jpgā€ alongside the ā€œ4kā€, but I’m not really sure about the technical details)

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